[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 96 (Friday, May 16, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28483-28484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-10986]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority

    Part C (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the 
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of 
the Department of Health and Human Services (45 FR 67772-76, dated 
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 69296, October 20, 1980, as 
amended most recently at 73 FR 20297-3 04, dated April 15, 2008) is 
amended to reflect the establishment of the Office of Critical 
Information Integration and Exchange within the National Center for 
Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Coordinating Center for 
Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows: After the functional statements for the Mycotic Diseases 
Branch (CVHEG), Division of Foodborne, Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases 
(CVHE), National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric 
Diseases (CVH), insert the following:
    Office of Critical Information Integration and Exchange (CVHG). The 
mission of the Office of Critical Information Integration and Exchange 
(OCIIX) is to provide a CDC-wide resource that facilitates the 
exchange, integration, and visualization of relevant information from a 
variety of sources to enhance Agency and programmatic situational 
awareness for decision making and early event detection. To carry out 
its mission, OCIIX: (1) Develops tools that enable social networking 
and the creation of communities of practice to facilitate the exchange 
of information essential to developing an accurate and complete picture 
of developments that could threaten health worldwide; (2) identifies 
and/or develops information technologies to improve access to the 
integrated information; (3) detects, analyzes and communicates relevant 
information from a variety of sources to provide situational awareness 
services that reduce emergency response times for the CDC Office of the 
Director and Agency programs; and (4) analyzes, integrates and provides 
information to key stakeholders to widen their understanding of 
emerging threats and to enhance the effectiveness of subsequent 
response strategies.


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    Dated: May 8, 2008.
Joseph Henderson,
Acting Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E8-10986 Filed 5-15-08; 8:45 am]
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